Holiday Chocolate Cereal Bars

(from saymyname’s recipe box)

36 bars

Source: Betty Crocker

Categories: Christmas, Cookies, Dessert

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup light corn syrup
  • 1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter
  • 6 cups Cocoa Puffs cereal
  • 1 1/2 cups red and green m&m candies

Directions

  1. Spray bottom and sides of a 13 × 9 inch pan with cooking spray.

  2. 2 In a 2-quart saucepan, heat sugar and corn syrup to boiling over med-high heat, stirring constantly.

  3. 3 Remove from heat; stir in peanut butter until melted.

  4. 4 In an extra-large bowl, stir cereal and peanut butter mixture with wooden spoon until cereal is evenly coated; stir in 1 cup of the candies.

  5. 5 Press cereal mixture in pan, immediately sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup candies; press in lightly with fingers.

  6. 6 Let stand about 30 minutes until cool; cut into 6 rows by 6 rows.

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